Oil-can fitting



(No Model.)

B. W. LEWIS.

OIL GAN FITTING.

Patented May 4, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLIOTT IV. LEWIS, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

OIL-CAN FITTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Iva 341,337, dated May 4, 1886.

Serial No, 191,815. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELLIOTT WV. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairtield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Can Fittings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of. the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in fittings for oil-cans, and has for its object to insure the perfect sealing of the can, while at the same time the fittings may be readily attached and detached from the can; and with these ends in view my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter explained, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains may fully understand its construction and operation, I will proceed to describe the samein detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a view in elevation of an oilcan fitted with my improvements; Fig. 2, a central vertical section of the body-stopper, the can being partly in section and broken away; and Fig. 3, a plan view of this stopper, illustrating the chain attached thereto.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A is the can, of ordinary construction; and B, the spout.

O is asleeve internally threaded. The mouth of this sleeve is beveled inwardly, as seen at a, Fig. 2,1"01' the purpose presently explained 1) is a stopper, provided with a threaded shank, E, and having its head beveled inwardly, as seen at b. This stopper is adapted to be screwed into the sleeve until the two beveled surfaces a b bind firmly against each other.

F is a headed pin projecting from the top of the cap. As shown in the drawings, the device above described is secured to the neck and spout of the can,and the construction and operation are precisely the same in either instance.

I is a chain, which is attached at each end around the pins F in such manner that the turning around of the stoppers will not cause the chain to twist.

By attaching both the body and spout-caps t0 the same chain neither cap can be mislaid or lost separately, and as both stoppers are not detached at the same time there is nolikelihood of either being lost.

By providing the stoppers and sleeves with beveled surfaces, as shown,a perfect sealing of the can is insured,while at the same time any wearing of the threads will not work any disadvantage, since the beveled surfaces are tightly wedged together by the screwing in of the stoppers.

Having thus described my inventi0n,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an oil-can, the interiorlythreaded sleeves secured to the neck and spout and provided with inwardlybeveled months, in combination with the stoppers having threaded shanks adapted to be screwed within said sleeves,and provided with bevels corresponding with those on the latter, headed pins projecting from said stoppers,and chain swiveled at each end to said pins, substantially as set forth. v

2. In combination with the stoppers having headed pins, the chain swiveled at each end to said pins, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELLIOT" XV. LEWIS.

\Vitnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMsoN, W. TJHAVILAND. 

